AZN Gross Margin Analysis

Gross margin measures the percentage of revenue a company keeps after paying direct costs to produce its goods, and AZN's current 83.6% means it retains $0.836 of every sales dollar after those costs.

That figure is far above the sector median of 46.4%, placing AZN in the 95th percentile among sector peers. The year-over-year change is not available, while the quarter-over-quarter change is +1.3%, improving from the prior quarter's 82.5%; a longer eight-quarter trend is also not available. The combination of an exceptionally high margin and a recent uptick suggests AZN has strong pricing power or cost control, but with limited trend history, the durability of that edge is unproven. This metric generally supports the overall NEUTRAL verdict because the high margin is a positive, yet the lack of a longer trend prevents a more bullish assessment.

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